WOKING finally lost patience with their worsening plight on Wednesday night when Phil Gilchrist became the third Cards' boss to be sacked in 12 months.

The board of directors dumped Gilchrist after the humiliating 5-1 defeat at home to Kidderminster Harriers.

The Cards have become the Newcastle United of non-league football, getting through a laughable amount of managers in a rate of knots before turning to a former Southampton hero to try and rescue them from relegation - in Woking's case, Graham Baker.

Along with Neil Smith, the former Saints' midfielder helped the club to safety in the wake of Glenn Cockerill's sacking, at the end of 2006/07.

Since then, Frank Gray, Kim Grant and now Gilchrist have all tried and failed, while Smith, Baker, Justin Edinburgh and Colin Lippiatt have all had spells at the helm on a temporary basis.

It is understood an emergency meeting was held during the second half of Wednesday's debacle, the Cards already 4-0 down at that point and suffering humiliating taunts from the 751 fans who bothered to turn up.

Baker has six games to save Woking from the drop to Blue Square South, starting with Saturday's crunch clash against Barrow at Holker Street and followed by a trip to Northwich Victoria on Tuesday night.